Fabricated beadwork



July 1 1924,

M. GODEFROY FABRICATED BEADWORK Filed Dec. '7, 1922 Fig.1.

I N VENTOR Patented July 1, 1924.

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MARGEL GODEFROY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRICATED BnADwonx.

Application filed December 7, 1922. Serial No. 605,532.

To all whom it may concem: I

Be it known that I, MARoEL GoDnFRoY,

a subject of the Republic of France, residing Bead-work is usually madeup by taking beads, stringing them and crocheting the finished articlefrom the string of beads. 2 Other types of beaded articles are made bystringing beads on. a number 'of' parallel strings which are held in aframe, and then weaving other beads and threads into place. Neither ofthese methods is well suited for factory production and articles made inthis manner have t e disadvantage in that should a thread break a greatmany beads will be lost before the break can be repaired; and it isdiflicult, if not impossible, to properly repair the same.

According to the present invention there has been devised a type ofbead-work (the term bead-work being used in its broadest sense for thepurposes of the present disclosure) which is capable of ready productionand which, when completed, presents a most pleasing and beautifulappearance. The structure is also extremely strong so that there islittle likelihood of breakage 4.0 with the resultant loss of the beadsor the like, each bead being held in place by a multiplicity of elementsso that the strain imposed upon any single element is exceedingly small.To enhance the security of the work I prefer to use strong fine wire, asit has excellent wearing qualities and also lends itself readily to thepractice of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown for purpose of illustrationone of the embodiments in which my invention may take form, it beingunderstood that this showing is for the purposes of illustration only,and. that the invention is not limited to the precise details shown inthe drawing.

Figure 1 of the drawing illustrates a section of bead-work made inaccordance with the present invention, part being in section and partbeing in elevation; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through a bead at right angles to theplane of Fig. 1.

The article may be considered to bersupported from a small wire 8, whichis strong enough for fastening the bead-work to a frame or clasp or thelike. The wire 3 5 passes through a plurality of wire loops 4. Thesewire loops may be made in any fashion, as for example by collapsing awire ring. The loops 4 are arranged in pairs, and the middle portion 5of each is squeezed together as indicated in Fig. 2. The middle portion5 of the loops 4 of each pair is passed through a bead 6, the lowerportion 7 of the loops 4, of each pair is opened, as indicated in Fig.2, and is deflected outwardly as indicated in Fig. 1. The arrangementfor fastening on these end beads is such as to provide a foundation forfurther weaving of the beads. The bead-work or fabrication of thematerial may be continued in the following fashion: 'A loop of Wire 8 isthreaded through the open lower. ends 7 of one of the loops 4, thenthrough a bead 9, then through the lower end 7- of the adjacent loop ofthe corresponding pair, then downwardly, as indicated in the drawing,through a bead 10, the end of the loop 8 extending below the bead 10 insuch a fashion as to present an open eyelet similar to the lower end 7of the loops 4. The so other end of the loop 8 passes downwardly througha head 12, similarly located to the bead 10, and the lower extremity 13is disposed in a manner similar to the other end 11. 95

The drawing indicates two of the loops 8 together with the beadsattached to these loops. The corresponding elements are numbered withthe same reference characters with a prime attached. It is obvious thatany number of beads 6 can be used to start the first horizontal row ofbeads, and that the string of beads can be made of any length desired;all that is necessary is to provide a sufficient number of beads andloops 8. Further, it will be noted that th general configuration of thebent loops 8 is U-shaped and that the ends adjacent to the loop aresointerlaced as to make a rectangular frame having four beads one oneach of the sides of the frame.

It will be noted that'of the bead-work there will be provided twice thenumberof wires that it has in the other direction. This is an importantfeature, as it provides for maximum strength in the direction in whichthe greatest strains are usually taken.

As Wires are used, there is very little danger of breakage such as inarticlesin which thread is used. as at present. The beads themselves areexceedingly strong, and it is very seldom that one will be broken. Anybreakage that could occur, whether it will be the breaking of a bead orthe breaking of one of th wire loops, will not result in unraveling andconsequent destruction of the entire piece of bead-work. Thisarrangement of making bead-work I have found to be especially welladapted for any structure in which the maximum of flexibility andstrength is desired. A fabric: woven in this manner is exceedinglyflexible; in fact, a length having four beads in a row can be doubledupon itself, the fabric: being soft in that it presents but littleresistance to flexing in any direction. 7 H

This method of arranging and tying the beads is also especially valuablein that artistic designs Without limit can be readily Worked out byselecting beads of diflerent certain of the beads holding the adjacentloops together to continu the fabric laterally.

2. A fabricated material comprising 'a frame formed of loops having openends small enough to be'upassed through the central orifices of beads,the freeends of the adjacent loops beinginterconne'cted to maintain thecomponents of the frame in assembled relation, certain of the beads holding adjacent loops together to continue the fabric laterally.

3. A fabricated material having a flexible frame comp-rising strands ofwire shaped to form loops having three sides, the free ends of saidloops being small enough to be passed through beads, and meansforinterconnecting the extremities of adjacent loops whereby the heads willbe'supported in a series of rows, the beads in certain series beingcarried on the abutting portions of the contiguous 100 s.

7 MAR EL GODEFROY.

Witnesses: v

Vroaon G; CORMIER, Tnnononn G. HARTWIG.

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